CASE STUDY: LOGOTYPE

Judging a book by its cover is a good thing, trust us. The design for this logotype emerged from the ether, but its inspiration lies in the symbol in the cover photograph. Our catalogue design here, Encountering the Journey, features photographer Judith Lanius' recent work from northeast India. Published by Hidden Leaves, printed in Berkeley by Edition One Books, 10 X 13 inches, 68 pages.

EXHIBITION CATALOGUES

Our capabilities include art direction and design of quality exhibition catalogues for international museum retrospectives, site specific installations and gallery shows. Our cover to cover expertise includes designing jackets and text in full-color with multi-formatted interiors of up to 264 pages; meeting consecutive international design review deadlines; color continuity throughout including on-site press supervision (web and sheetfed runs).

LOGO DESIGN

Case Design / RemodelingThe largest full-service home remodeling firm in the United States

Workforce Silicon ValleySchool-to-work initiative

RosequailWriter's Retreat near San Francisco

Case Edwards Commercial building management

DOGMADogwalking service in northern CA

ShiftLogotype for magazine on global consciousness

Hidden LeavesLogotype for book publisher

MAGAZINE DESIGN

Our experience includes cover to cover art direction and design of magazine prototypes like Shift, (here); as well as creating ongoing issues for existing magazine brands. Designing the premier issue of a magazine involves creating the overall look and feel of the publication; establishing visual depth and branding standards for ongoing issues; designing features and departments; cover formatting and art direction; establishing an annual art budget; and art direction of contributing artists. Valerie Hammond,David Hockney,Alex Grey,and Linda Connor are among the artists reproduced here; Marilyn Schlitz and Satish Kumar among the authors. Shift is printed on recycled paper using soy inks.

CASE STUDY: EXHIBITION CATALOGUES

Here, our catalogue design wraps the bucolic 1880's riverside of Paris around one hundred-seventy-three works by Renoir, Monet, Manet, Sisley, Pissaro, Morisot, and Caillebotte. The impeccably researched catalogue includes a chapter showing xrays of the masterpiece as the mise en scène developed: preliminary group sketches, and preliminary models — who ultimately were uninvited to Luncheon of the Boating Party. Published by the Phillips Collection for their exhibition, "Impressionists on the Seine." Full-color; jacketed clothbound and paperback editions; 10 x 12 inches, 264 pages, printed by Sfera, Milan.

FUND-RAISING KITS

This kit was designed to launch, promote, and attract funding for Spirit Rock Meditation Center's successful twenty-five million dollar capital campaign known as Transforming Hearts, Changing the World. The images and editorial treatments throughout the prospectus were selected to complement and enhance the Center's brand and to express the intended uses for donated funds. The kit was designed for presentation to high-end donors. In keeping with Spirit Rock's environmental commitment, the brochure was printed with soy inks on recycled paper. FOR MORE

PRO BONO DESIGN

This pop-up book was created for a group exhibition at Gallery Route One. The pages are silhouettes of cloud patterns along the top and occasional negative clouds in between; made from 80# cover and printed on a laser printer. Proceeds from sale of this book donated to the gallery.